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Duchenne is a big bad disease for many boys, including my two sons Theo and Oskar, pictured here. It wastes away their muscles, forcing them off their feet and into wheelchairs, and often killing them before they become men. 

The Big Bad Ride 3 will see a big bunch of us, many Old Alleynians, embark on another big cycle, this time from Holyhead to London over four days, from Thursday 28 September to Sunday 1 October 2017.

We're doing this not only for Theo and Oskar, but also for every other Duchenne boy. There's no treatment or cure, though scientists are getting closer. But they need our help to finally beat this big bad disease. 

Please donate, or if you fancy it, join us for the ride. You need be neither particularly fit nor experienced. All that's required is will and determination, and a deep sense of humour. 

We're paying our own way, as we make the 4-day, 400-mile ride down from Holyhead in North Wales, down to Snowdonia, up the Llanberis Pass, over the Shropshire Hills, onto Oxford and the Chiltern Hills, before heading east towards Windsor then into London and arriving at Dulwich College for a third year running. 

Every penny you give, therefore, goes straight to Harrison's Fund and into the hands of the world's best researchers. 

The charity's work goes well, with it funding, amongst other research, the corrective gene therapy research of Professor George Dickson of Royal Holloway University, and the disease modifying therapy research of Dr Keith Foster of the University of Reading. It is also funding a clinical trial capacity program, to ensure as many boys as possible are able to access and participate in clinical trials across the UK: https://harrisonsfund.com/research.php

Help us beat Duchenne once and for all!

Team Big Bad Ride

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